Chapter 562: Waiting Here?

Lava Golem.

Banno's mouth twitched.

Nowadays, there are countless duelists and researchers in the world studying the Duel King's deck. Every deck he has used, every set of tactics, will all be taken by people to be studied and analyzed.

And anyone who has tried to understand the Duel King could never fail to recognize this monster—

—Lava Golem.

The legendary big baby that once ate the invincible Orichalcos Serpent and saved the world from fire and water.

Of course, as a bystander watching that game, it was quite fun. Especially when the big monster that the opponent spent all their hard work to summon and entrusted their soul to was swallowed by the big baby in one bite, the full face of grievance and anger could always bring happy smiles from the heart to millions of duelists.

Well, provided you weren't on that field yourself.

At this moment, watching the opposite side unhurriedly add the big baby to his hand, Banno felt that his depression was almost beyond words.

He knew what was coming, but he was powerless to stop it, powerless to protect his angels.

If there was anything else more depressing—

"At the end of the turn, the effect of 'Volcanic Queen' on your field also activates." Fujiki You Xuan said. "Volcanic Queen, at the end of your turn, you must Tribute one monster on your field for 'Volcanic Queen'."

"Or, you can choose to take 1000 points of damage yourself."

Yan echoed: "The choice is yours? Isn't it very merciful?"

Fujiki You Xuan made a gesture of invitation: "Come, choose."

Banno: "..."

He suddenly had a strange illusion.

He felt like he wasn't in a duel, but like a dog tied to a wooden stake with an iron chain.

The two on the opposite side stood just outside the length of the chain, humiliating him in every way and mocking him in every possible way. He was furious in his incompetence, and the urge to tear these two apart in his heart became increasingly difficult to suppress, but he was just tied to the wooden stake by that damn broken chain, and apart from barking frantically at these two, he couldn't do anything.

"Eh?" Fujiki You Xuan tilted his head. "Not choosing?"

Banno took a deep breath, closed his eyes, and said coldly.

"I choose to send 'Sky Knight Parshath' to the Graveyard."

Volcanic Queen, having received his permission, beamed with joy, opened her bloody mouth, and swallowed the holy Sky Knight in one bite. The ultra-high temperature flames instantly melted the Sky Knight until it turned into a fireball and disappeared in Volcanic Queen's belly.

Volcanic Queen, full, burped comfortably. Banno didn't know if it was an illusion, but he even felt that this guy smiled at him.

As if to say, thanks for the treat.

Banno breathed deeply repeatedly.

He knew he had made the right decision.

Facing this pure stall-style opponent, the value of Life Points is more precious than at any other time. 1000 points of damage is not low, and cannot be taken lightly.

And Sky Knight couldn't be kept anyway. Even if it wasn't Tributed to Volcanic Queen now, it would still be eaten by Lava Golem next turn.

The logic was the logic, but when he saw his Sky Knight being swallowed, he couldn't help but feel in his heart—

—It's really damn frustrating.

But he should have realized it at this time.

The more frustrating things were yet to come.

"My turn, draw card."

Fujiki You Xuan drew a card, then directly revealed a card in his hand.

"Activate Spell Card 'Double Gate'. Banish the card with the same name from the Graveyard, draw two cards from the deck." (Original card)

Fujiki You Xuan took the other Double Gate that automatically exited from the Graveyard.

"Of the two cards sent to the Graveyard with 'Dark Dog, Eight-Ghost Dog' earlier, the second one was this other 'Double Gate'. Therefore, draw two more cards from the deck."

Fujiki You Xuan drew two cards, paused, then slowly raised his head, revealing a smile with a dangerous meaning to Banno Masumi.

Banno gritted his teeth.

He knew what was coming.

But he could only watch here.

"Use the 'Volcanic Queen' on your field... and 'Turatin' as Offerings again, and then Special Summon this powerful monster to your field."

"My soul, my trump card! The power of destruction and rebirth—"

"—Lava Golem, summon!"

So Volcanic Queen hummed gloomily, her whole body turned into a mass of lava and dissipated, dragging the innocent Turatin beside her into it, burning into ashes.

Magma churned, flames erupted, erupting flames. In the abyss of magma, like the anger of the earth's core burning endlessly, scorching magma flowed wantonly like a river.

Indescribable power awakened from the boiling chaos, magma converged into a surging torrent, and the behemoth condensed from magma slowly rose in the rolling heat waves. Along with it came a red-hot iron cage, like bars forged from the fire of hell, covering Banno without a word, trapping him in that cage.

Sitting in jail in the literal sense.

Banno's mouth twitched.

He hadn't forgotten that Lava Golem would burn himself for 1000 HP at the start of the turn.

But it seemed that the problems he had to worry about were more than that.

"Then the Volcanic Queen used as an Offering just now has returned to my Graveyard again." Fujiki You Xuan said calmly. "Then activate Spell Card 'Monster Reincarnation', discard a card from my hand, and return a monster card from the Graveyard to my hand."

"I discard 'Scholar Spirit' from my hand and return 'Volcanic Queen' from the Graveyard to my hand."

Banno: "..."

The couple is taking turns, right?

It's not over yet, right?

The meaning of this move was very clear. No matter what you summon next, Volcanic Queen will eat it afterward. This feels like an open conspiracy.

The opposite side has Volcanic Queen in hand, either you just don't summon monsters and give up struggling, or you summon them and continue to be the nourishment for the lava couple.

Of course, as long as the Continuous Trap "Forced Termination" is still there, he can't attack either.

"Finally, set one card face-down, turn end." Fujiki You Xuan said.

Yan continued to mock: "It's your turn again, the countdown to the end of life, cherish the last turn!"

"Your spirit is so noisy!"

Banno, whose Dao heart was already unstable, became increasingly irritable.

"My turn, draw card!" "At this moment, Lava Golem's effect." Fujiki You Xuan said unhurriedly. "1000 points of damage."

Lava poured down on his head, burning Banno until he bared his teeth.

【Banno Masumi, LP 2200 -> LP 1200】

"Damn it... this Life Point is enough!" Banno shouted angrily. "Activate Spell Card 'Magical Fitting Room'!"

"Pay 800 Life Points, check the top four cards of the deck. Special Summon Normal Monsters of Level 3 or lower to the field, and return the other cards to the deck!"

【Banno Masumi, LP 1200 -> LP 400】

Success or failure, this blood volume is already non-existent in front of the opponent's deck type.

No matter what, I must think of a way this turn...

Banno drew four cards.

"Special Summon 'Petit Angel'!"

【Petit Angel, DEF 900】

"Then use 'Petit Angel' and 'Lava Golem' as Offerings, Tribute Summon—"

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"—Light-End Dragon!!!"

A ferocious look flashed in Banno's eyes.

"Disappear, Lava Golem!"

Lava Golem hummed low, and the overflowing energy turned into white light, converging into a white Light-End Dragon descending on the field!

【Light-End Dragon, ATK 2900】

"Damn, actually Tributed the big baby..."

Yan muttered, but immediately afterward, the big eyes narrowed into crescents again.

"But even so, your trouble hasn't ended yet." It looked at the Light-End Dragon the opponent just summoned with ill intent. "As long as Forced Termination is there, no matter how powerful a monster you summon, you still can't attack."

"This dragon looks quite delicious, hehe... I'll call Volcanic Queen to eat it again next turn!"

Now that Banno only has 400 LP left, if he doesn't feed Volcanic Queen a new monster as nourishment next turn, he will be burned to death by Volcanic Queen directly.

"You don't need to talk nonsense about this!"

Banno scolded angrily, then shouted.

"Activate Spell Card 'Trap Removal'! Can destroy Trap Cards on the field!"

"Destroy Continuous Trap 'Forced Termination'!"

The absolute defense trap in the back row was blown into pieces, and Yan's expression changed drastically: "Ahhh, you guy! Actually destroyed Forced Termination..."

"Hahahaha I said it, I'm no different from those street duelists, looking down on me will pay the price!"

"Destroy him, destroy him for me!"

Banno's eyes were already red, almost shouting at the top of his lungs.

"Light-End Dragon's direct attack!"

However, just as the huge angel slowly rose and power converged to prepare for a full-force blow, Fujiki You Xuan suddenly raised the corners of his mouth slightly.

Revealing a playful smile that made Banno feel a fatal threat.

"You just said attack, right?" Fujiki You Xuan asked.

Banno was asked this, and his heart suddenly skipped a beat.

Subconsciously, he said: "Wait, let me think again..."

"Too late!" Yan said proudly. "Your attack declaration has already been made, I heard it! Haha, completely seduced by my exquisite acting just now..."

Fujiki You Xuan glanced at the eye floating beside him and said with a smile.

"Actually being seduced by such clumsy acting, I'd say you're only at the street level."

Yan took the opportunity to echo: "That's right!"

But immediately felt something was wrong.

"Hey! Who are you saying is clumsy acting?"

Fujiki You Xuan didn't pay attention to it anymore, but smiled.

"Lava Golem is my trump card, which can easily eat the most powerful monsters through Tributing, and cause continuous damage on the opponent's field."

"Your Life Points are running out, and taking one more burn from Lava Golem is fatal. And the simplest and most direct way to solve Lava Golem is to Tribute it..."

Banno swallowed subconsciously, and the opponent's smile looked increasingly gloomy in his eyes.

"... Do you think I wouldn't have considered this possibility?"

Banno opened his mouth, but couldn't speak.

"Not playing with you anymore, let's end it here."

Fujiki You Xuan casually activated the last face-down card.

"Trap Card 'Offering to the Doomed'."

"When an opponent's monster that was Tribute Summoned declares an attack, destroy all Attack Position monsters on the opponent's field. And..."

He paused and said meaningfully.

"Inflict 1000 points of damage to the opponent's Life Points."

Banno's eyes widened.

Tribute Summoned monster, attack declaration...

He looked desperately at the Light-End Dragon that was already accumulating power for the attack and couldn't stop, then looked at Fujiki You Xuan, and finally said dryly.

"You... you were waiting for me here from the beginning..."

Fujiki You Xuan smiled and didn't speak.

Boom—

That was the sound of Light-End Dragon exploding, and the fireball released by the explosion swallowed Banno Masumi into it.

【Banno, LP 400 -> LP 0】

(End of chapter) ===== CHAPTER 563 =====